Don't you know that love isn't just going to bed? Love isn't an act, it's a whole life. It's staying with her now because she needs you; it's knowing you and she will still care about each other when sex and daydreams, fights and futures -- when all that's on the shelf and done with. Love -- why, I'll tell you what love is: it's you at seventy-five and her at seventy-one, each of you listening for the other's step in the next room, each afraid that a sudden silence, a sudden cry, could mean a lifetime's talk is over.-- Brian Moore, The Luck of Ginger Coffey --
Have a great Wednesday!
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I like this sentiment...and after more than 41 years of marriage, I can tell you it's spot on.
ReplyDeleteIt's melancholy and beautiful all rolled into one.
ReplyDeleteLove this quote.
C.
Oh my, that's beautiful.
ReplyDelete3 affirmative comments -- I will try to post more Brian Mooreisms! He's one of my favorite authors, really.
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